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Chris Christie says it is time for GOP to 'face the realities of the 2020 election'

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on Thursday urged Republicans "to face the realities of the 2020 election and learn, not hide from them," as he lobbed several thinly veiled criticisms at his one-time ally, former President Donald Trump. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/3tHdOmJ
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100-year-old UK fundraising hero Tom Moore hospitalized with Covid-19

Tom Moore, the World War II veteran who raised millions for a British charity supporting the UK's National Health Service by walking laps of his garden before his 100th birthday, has been hospitalized with Covid-19 and pneumonia, his daughter Hannah said on Twitter Sunday. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/36uXpal
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Why Senate Democrats may struggle in 2022

The retirement announcement this week from Sen. Rob Portman is a sign that even as we just finished one election, another one is right around the corner. Democrats seemed to be pleased that the Ohio Republican is stepping aside because beating an incumbent senator is hard. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/2MmM59x
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Five of Trump's impeachment defense attorneys leave, less than two weeks before trial

Five of former President Donald Trump's impeachment defense team attorneys have stepped aside a little more than a week before his Senate trial is set to begin, according to people familiar with the case, amid a disagreement over his legal strategy. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/2Yw23R2
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White people traveled to a hard hit Latino neighborhood in New York and took many of the Covid-19 vaccine appointments

A Covid-19 vaccination site in a Latino neighborhood in New York City hard hit by the pandemic saw an overwhelming number of White people from outside the community show up to get the shot this month, city leaders say, laying bare a national disparity that shows people of color are being vaccinated at dramatically lower rates. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/2NLn8ot
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Michael Thompson is free after decades in prison. Now he wants to be an advocate for criminal justice reform

Michael Thompson spent more than two decades behind bars for convictions stemming from a marijuana sale. At 4 a.m. on Thursday, he finally walked out of prison to greet his family and the supporters who spent decades fiercely advocating for his release. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/2M7oZDP
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Trump Organization's tax firm ordered to hand over more documents to NY attorney general

A New York state judge on Friday ordered a tax firm that has worked with former President Donald Trump to turn over more documents to New York Attorney General Letitia James as part of her office's investigation into the Trump Organization. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/36rjhn1
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Violence and slurs from some of Israel's ultra-Orthodox Jews in battle over coronavirus lockdowns

A frightened policeman fires a live round as a warning shot. Young men cowed by baton-wielding officers, drenched in foul smelling chemicals from water cannon, scream abuse. Ultra-Orthodox Jews clashing with Israeli authorities has become an almost daily routine. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/3t9a4te
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World's busiest air route hit by Covid ban

New travel bans imposed by the United Kingdom limiting arrivals from the United Arab Emirates and other destinations in an attempt to curb the spread of Covid are likely to impact what has become the world's busiest airline route. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/3r5KfIC
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Paris Fashion Week: Highlights from this week's couture shows

If the ready-to-wear shows are about selling product, Paris' haute couture shows, staged each year in January and July, are about selling the dream. During the Spring-Summer 2021 season, which took place from January 25 to 28, the few designers working in this rarefied space once again came together -- this time, virtually -- to parade their most fantastical designs. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/3sOus2R
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Pentagon won't commit to Afghanistan troop withdrawal by May, says Taliban are not honoring commitments to US

The Pentagon said Thursday that the Biden administration would not commit to a full drawdown of troops from Afghanistan by May because the Taliban have not honored the commitments they made in their deal with the United States. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/3r4CZwC
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With a more assertive China, Biden faces growing tensions in Asia

One of the biggest international challenges facing President Biden is a relationship with China, which had grown increasingly hostile under the Trump administration. Now, the Biden administration faces power struggles in Asia as China grows more dominant. CNN's Ivan Watson reports. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/2MvXrro
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CNN anchor: This is the kind of thinking the GOP is embracing

CNN's Erin Burnett wonders how House Republicans could remain silent over Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's (R-GA) past comments supporting the execution of prominent Democrats and others about the Parkland school shooting. Rep. Greene was recently given a seat on the House Committee on Education and Labor. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/3oxWHzz
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Former Russia oil tycoon: I was one of the lucky ones

CNN's Matthew Chance speaks exclusively with Mikhail Khodorkovsky, once Russia's richest man, who -- after falling out with Russian President Vladimir Putin himself -- spent more than 10 years in a Russian jail. He says the US should impose tough sanctions on Putin to save Alexey Navalny from a similar fate. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/3r0qsdY
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Apple just had a blowout quarter, thanks to iPhone 12 sales

Analysts have talked for at least a year about the potential for Apple's first 5G iPhone to drive a "supercycle" of device sales. On Wednesday, Apple's earnings report for the three months ended December 26 — the first since the iPhone 12 went on sale — offered an initial look at how actual sales are stacking up against that projection. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/3iWlOdV
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Republicans plan to filibuster Bidens' nominee for Homeland Security chief

Senate Republicans plan to object to any efforts to quickly confirm Alejandro Mayorkas as secretary of Homeland Security, further delaying his confirmation as the department grapples with the Covid-19 pandemic, national security concerns and President Joe Biden's ambitious immigration plans. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/3pl6dqK
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Two police officers died by suicide after responding to Capitol riot

Acting Metropolitan Police Chief Robert J. Contee told the House Appropriations Committee on Tuesday that two police officers have died by suicide since responding to the riot at the Capitol on January 6, according to Contee's opening statement before the committee, which was obtained by CNN. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/3iOMRrG
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Business exec and his wife charged after flying into remote Canadian town to get Covid-19 vaccine, officials say

The former president and CEO of the Great Canadian Gaming Corporation and his wife are facing charges -- including failure to self-isolate -- after allegedly chartering a plane to a small town in western Canada and posing as local workers to receive the coronavirus vaccine. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/39nwGP3
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The world's two richest men are fighting over space real estate

SpaceX and Amazon — companies run by the two richest men in the world — are sparring over their competing satellite-based internet businesses, with SpaceX accusing Amazon of "stifling competition" and Amazon accusing SpaceX of looking to "smother competition in the cradle." from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/3c8HPF8
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Biden confronts Putin over several issues in first call, White House says

President Joe Biden held his first call Tuesday with his Russian counterpart, according to the White House, confronting President Vladimir Putin over a range of issues from a recent massive cyberattack to the suspected poisoning of the country's leading opposition figure. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/3plzqSh
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US Capitol officers debating no-confidence vote for leaders in charge during riots

US Capitol Police officers are in preliminary discussions over holding a no-confidence vote targeting department leaders who were working on the day when Donald Trump supporters led an insurrection into the building, according to three people familiar with the discussions. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/3qZJWiR
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Beijing cracks down on citizen journalists who blew whistle on Covid-19

A year after the first coronavirus lockdown enveloped Wuhan, China, Chinese officials have been cracking down on citizen journalists who risked their freedoms to reveal and preserve the truth about the initial outbreak. CNN's David Culver speaks with Chen Kun, who fled the country after his younger brother was arrested for preserving an important internet database of news archives. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/3ooDjVo
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Pfizer and AstraZeneca take heat as vaccine delays threaten Europe's recovery

The European Union is calling out vaccine makers AstraZeneca and Pfizer over delivery delays that could slow its recovery from the pandemic. Officials are even threatening to take legal action and introduce export controls on doses produced in the bloc as anger mounts. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/3a1wOTu
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Why Britain must look beyond the US for trade deals

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson should be congratulated for making Brexit happen. The landmark UK-EU trade deal worth £660 billion (US $893 billion), according to Johnson, just passed through UK Parliament and comes as welcome relief to economies on both sides of the channel. The deal will allow the UK to access EU consumers without tariffs and prevents a no-deal Brexit from taking place. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/39h3J7f
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20%growth in HDFC Life protection biz doable: MD

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Three weeks into harsh lockdown, weary Brits fear it will take much longer to beat the new variant

People in the United Kingdom have been living under lockdown for the past three weeks, hoping their sacrifice would bring the country's latest coronavirus surge -- caused by the new, more contagious variant of the virus -- under control. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/39Z0ccN
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Trump is not a fascist. But that didn't make him any less dangerous to our democracy

Over the last five years, I have often wondered how political analysts who have compared Donald Trump's presidency to the rise of Nazi Germany would feel if a time machine sent them to Berlin in 1933. They would be stunned by the differences between then and now. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/39U1shq
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Arizona Republican Party sends clear signal that its leadership remains loyal to Trump

The Arizona Republican Party sent a clear signal Saturday that its leadership remains loyal to former President Donald Trump when it voted to publicly punish Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey, former Sen. Jeff Flake and Cindy McCain, all of whom opposed Trump's efforts to overturn President Joe Biden's victory, or in the case of Flake and McCain, endorsed the Democrat before the election. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/3pcYLxV
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Inside Kamala Harris' historic first days

In the hours after her historic inauguration, Kamala Harris beamed into televisions across the country, delivering her first speech as vice president just steps beyond the sitting relic of Abraham Lincoln and a short distance from where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. shared his iconic words that inspired generations. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/3aeeZ3J
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Amanda Gorman's distinctly Black love for country

The enterprise of creating a more perfect union still "stands before us," to use Amanda Gorman's words, from confronting persistent racial inequalities to banishing the reanimated forces of White supremacy that threatened the US Capitol on January 6. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/3qLZjuZ
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What 'vaccine passports' mean for your summer vacation

The words "vaccine passport" have a reassuring ring to them, perhaps conjuring up the image of a sleek, embossed document with watermarked pages and official stamps of approval. Flourished at border controls, it would open travel doors that, for so many of us, have been closed by Covid-19. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/3chsWAz
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How Black barbers have become mental health advocates for African American men

Ray Connor traces his ambition to be a barber back to when he was a kid in Detroit. Growing up, he was abused. He watched his mother battle drug and alcohol addictions. He often went to bed hungry. When he needed to get away, he went down to A Cut Above Barber Shop on Eight Mile Road for a fresh cut and some companionship from his barber, Jessie. The relationship carried him through some of the darkest days of his life. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/3pcN1eH
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Foods that can reduce stress

Stress levels may be high these days, but did you know that what we choose to eat can help to reduce stress, ultimately allowing us to take charge of our mental health? from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/362bDiD
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Right-wing media holds Biden bash-fest, foreshadowing its next four years of coverage

President Joe Biden implored Americans in his inaugural speech to come together and unify, but the right-wing media machine has wasted no time dishonestly trashing him — foreshadowing what the next four years of coverage from outlets like Fox News will look like. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/2Y7kfQF
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Amanda Gorman calls on Americans to 'leave behind a country better than the one we were left' in powerful inauguration poem

Amanda Gorman, the nation's first-ever youth poet laureate, challenged Americans Wednesday to unify and "leave behind a country better than the one we were left" as she delivered a stirring inauguration poem. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/3iDhTCQ
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Inside Joe Biden's newly decorated Oval Office

The press got its first glimpse of President Joe Biden's Oval Office on Wednesday, showing how in a matter of hours the office has visibly transformed in both dramatic and subtle ways to reflect the taste and politics of the officeholder. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/35Z878U
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QAnon believers are in disarray after Biden is inaugurated

For years, believers of the QAnon conspiracy theory had been waiting for the moment when a grand plan would be put into action and secret members of a supposed Satanic pedophilia ring at the highest ranks of government and Hollywood would suddenly be exposed, rounded up and possibly even publicly executed. They were nearly always sure it was right around the corner, but "The Storm" never came — and the moment of Joe Biden's inauguration was the last possible opportunity for President Donald Trump to put the plan in motion. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/2Y5a0MJ
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North Korea's 'dark' fishing fleet went quiet in 2020, likely pressuring the country's imperiled food supply

The number of North Korean ships in the country's "dark fleet" fishing for squid plummeted in 2020, new data shows, depriving the impoverished country of a popular staple during a year when food supply was already dangerously low. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/2XX1xeu
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3 new Democratic senators sworn in, flipping control of the US Senate

Vice President Kamala Harris formally swore in three new, barrier-breaking Democratic senators on Wednesday afternoon following her own inauguration, officially giving Democrats control of the Senate for the first time since they lost the chamber in the 2014 elections. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/35ZUQNc
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The Catalpa Rescue: The story behind one of Australia's most incredible prison escapes

It all began with a letter sent from inside an Australian "tomb," a document so convincing that it prompted a US gang to sail some 20,000 kilometers (12,427 miles) to execute what could arguably be considered one of the most outrageous prison escapes in Australian history. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/2XTseRh
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WaPo: QAnon members talked about acting as National Guard members to infiltrate inauguration, FBI intelligence report says

The FBI on Monday alerted other law enforcement agencies that QAnon adherents discussed acting as National Guard soldiers in Washington to try and infiltrate President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration, according to The Washington Post. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/3isqA2B
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Melania Trump releases farewell message

Melania Trump released a farewell video as she prepares to leave the White House, but the Trumps declined to invite the Bidens to the White House as has been done with past presidents. CNN's Kate Bennett reports. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/3ipvTQo
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Country that refused to lock down learns a hard lesson

What's now mundane for much of the world is remarkable for Sweden: government-issued mandates on limited store capacity. Once lionized by anti-lockdown advocates, Sweden now has a new law granting the government power to do things the country previously refused to do. CNN's Max Foster reports.  from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/2XUnURS
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Here's where the UK-US special relationship could go under Biden

With just days to go until President-elect Joe Biden officially moves into the Oval Office, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson will be looking to maintain the so-called special relationship between Britain and the US after a deadly insurrection on Capitol Hill saw him distancing himself from President Donald Trump. CNN's Nic Robertson reports. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/3sDKnAI
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Jailed for life over plot to behead police officer, Britain's youngest convicted terrorist is now 'suitable for release'

Britain's youngest convicted terrorist, who was sentenced to life in prison for masterminding a plot to behead an Australian police officer in broad daylight in 2015, can now be set free, a parole board ruled on Monday. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/2XPNXK6
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Biden administration braces for new wave of migrants as it rolls out new immigration plans

President-elect Joe Biden plans to immediately begin the rollout of his immigration agenda upon taking office Wednesday, but the new administration will also have to contend with migrants already on the US-Mexico border, as well as those on their way. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/2NdAwBv
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Confidence in Chinese vaccines has taken a hit. But as coronavirus cases grow, some countries are still pushing ahead

Mass public vaccination programs using a Chinese coronavirus vaccine are underway across Indonesia and Turkey, where tens of millions of people are expected to receive doses of the CoronaVac shot made by Beijing-based company Sinovac. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/39KhYk3
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WhatsApp updates status to clear the air

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Pence has tried to reach Capitol Police officer who led rioters away from Senate chambers to offer thanks

Vice President Mike Pence reached out to Capitol Police officer Eugene Goodman late last week to thank him for his efforts during the attack on the US Capitol, a person close to Pence told CNN, but they haven't connected yet. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/3szucod
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Brazil issues emergency authorization for two vaccines

Amid a devastating resurgence of the coronavirus in parts of Brazil, federal health officials have finally voted to authorize two vaccines for emergency use. Sunday, Brazilian regulatory agency Anvisa approved both the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine and the Coronavac vaccine. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/3nN0wAo
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Sofia Bekatorou: Olympic medalist's decision to speak out over alleged 1998 sexual assault sparks public outcry in Greece

Greek Olympic gold medalist Sofia Bekatorou's very public detailing of her alleged sexual assault in 1998 by a high-ranking Hellenic Sailing Federation (HSF) official has sparked an outcry in the Mediterranean country over the way her revelations were initially dealt with. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/3il3drB
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Dustin Higgs executed less than a week before Inauguration Day

Dustin John Higgs was executed in the early hours of Saturday morning becoming the 13th and last federal death row inmate to be executed since the Justice Department restarted federal executions in July 2019. He had been convicted of kidnapping and murdering three women in 1996. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/3nT50p4
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Trump's final full week in office ends with the nation in disarray

The final full week of Donald Trump's presidency ended with a nation in disarray -- fearful about the threats surrounding Inauguration Day in a capital city that has become a fortress; unsettled by new details of the harm that rioters could have inflicted on lawmakers during last week's insurrection; and angry at the revelation that the administration's pledge to release a reserve of Covid-19 vaccine doses was hollow. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/39zj2ap
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No plans to test most National Guard for Covid-19 before they deploy across DC

The overwhelming majority of the more than 20,000 National Guard members expected in Washington for President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration will not be tested for coronavirus before they are deployed from states around the country or upon their arrival in the nation's capital, a National Guard spokesperson tells CNN. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/3bJOUvB
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'Kill him with his own gun': Police describe facing the mob at the Capitol

As DC Metropolitan Police Officer Michael Fanone lay on the ground at the US Capitol building, stunned and injured, he knew a group of rioters were stripping him of his gear. They grabbed spare ammunition, ripped the police radio off his chest and even stole his badge. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/3bJl9ei
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Trump explodes at Nixon comparisons as he prepares to leave office

In his final days in office, President Donald Trump has found the parts of the job he loved replaced by cold legal warnings, forced video addresses and a shrinking circle of downtrodden aides, all anxiously wondering what life will be like after noon on January 20. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/3qreeux
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Secret Service renting DC apartment because agents for Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner can't use their bathrooms

The US Secret Service is renting a small studio apartment in Washington, DC, near the home of Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump, a source with knowledge of the service's activities told CNN on Thursday, in order for agents to use the bathroom and have office space. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/3bIQs94
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CNN anchor: Trump's a multimillionaire who doesn't pay

CNN has learned that President Trump told his aides to stop paying Rudy Giuliani's legal fees after being irritated over being impeached a second time. A person familiar with the matter says it is not clear if the President's instruction to his staff was said in jest. CNN's Brianna Keilar reports on Trump's pattern for refusing to pay. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/3ieSsXY
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Black mothers in the UK are four times more likely to die in childbirth than their White counterparts. Little is being done to find out why

When pharmacist Ifeoma Onwuka, known to her friends as Laura, went into hospital to have her daughter, she and her husband hoped the delivery would go smoothly, and that they would soon be able to take their new arrival home  to meet her siblings.  from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/38HT6dx
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The President who wants to rule for 40 years

During a live virtual press conference on Thursday, a stunned global audience watched as singer-turned-politician Robert Kyagulanyi, known as Bobi Wine, was forcibly removed from his vehicle by Ugandan police as gunshots were fired. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/3oFKJo1
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Trump has told staff not to pay Giuliani over irritation at being impeached again

President Donald Trump, irritated at being impeached for a second time, has told people to stop paying Rudy Giuliani's legal fees, a person familiar with the matter tells CNN, though aides were not clear if the President was serious about his instructions given he's lashing out at nearly everyone after the day's events. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/2XC7Kg3
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Feds warn extremists may be emboldened to carry out additional attacks

Federal law enforcement officials are warning that domestic extremists are likely more emboldened to carry out attacks on President-elect Joe Biden's upcoming inauguration and throughout 2021 after seeing the success of last week's siege on the US Capitol. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/3bEqm7o
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How a swift impeachment was born under siege

Rioters were still ransacking the halls of the US Capitol when two Democrats stuck in lockdown together in the House office buildings across the street started drafting the impeachment resolution that led to the unprecedented second impeachment of President Donald Trump almost exactly one week later. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/3nCYCSF
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Capitol riot tears GOP apart as it seeks a return to power in 2022

Florida Republican Sen. Rick Scott, the new chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, defended President Donald Trump on Wednesday when asked if his ally bore any responsibility for inciting a riot at the US Capitol, putting the onus of last week's death and destruction instead on the mob. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/3bE279c
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Why America's military leaders felt they had to take a stand

President Donald Trump finally did it. His incitement of a deadly riot at the Capitol in Washington ultimately dragged America's most senior military leaders, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, into an unprecedented political crisis. Throughout his presidency, the four-star top brass have been adamant that the Pentagon wouldn't get involved in politics -- even as Trump repeatedly tried to bring it into his partisan orbit. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/39JKDG3
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North Korea's Kim Yo Jong calls South Korean government a 'truly weird group' as key political meeting ends

Kim Yo Jong, the younger sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and one of the country's most important political figures, has criticized South Korea's "idiot" authorities after they called attention to an apparent military parade held in the capital Pyongyang over the weekend. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/35AtYmG
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US executes the first woman in nearly 70 years

The Supreme Court early Wednesday denied a last-ditch effort by defense attorneys who were arguing that Lisa Montgomery, the only woman on federal death row, should have been given a competency hearing to prove her severe mental illness, which would have made her ineligible for the death penalty. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/3bDKLcv
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Dog brings comfort to family during Covid-19 lockdown

CNN's Anderson Cooper shares viewers' stories that make them happy, including a dog that one family adopted during the coronavirus lockdown, and how a 3-year-old girl is bravely battling a genetic disease. Anderson Cooper Full Circle airs Monday, Tuesday and Friday at 6p E.T. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/3i6nUHG
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US carbon emissions fell 10% in 2020, because of the pandemic. It's up to Biden to stop them from bouncing back

US greenhouse gas emissions dropped dramatically in 2020, helping the country meet one of its long-standing climate targets. But the dip came at a great economic cost -- and experts warn that unless climate action becomes a priority, emissions will bounce back quickly. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/2LGe2s8
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Biden to nominate William Burns as CIA director

President-elect Joe Biden on Monday will nominate William Burns as director of the Central Intelligence Agency, CNN has learned, tapping a respected veteran American diplomat who has served in posts around the world from the Reagan to the Obama administrations. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/3q8CD7N
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